Kabul vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$6812
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1756
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$3107
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$335
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$4188
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	99
😀 Quality of life	26	100
🏙️ Population	5.33M	5.45M

The cost of living in Kabul is 82% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8650th and 370th ($504 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Afghanistan and Australia, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 8929th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Sydney

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	Kabul	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$81.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$7.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$2215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$1420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$3992
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$2582
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$12962
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$7403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$3.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$4.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$28.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$3.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$3.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$66
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$2275
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$25164

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2354
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2481
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2040
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1709
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1995
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1701
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1795
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1460
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2258
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1855
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1273
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1825
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1816
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$2000
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2341
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1936
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1915
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1493
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1913
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1825
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1834
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2543
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1933
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1896
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2323
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1813
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1992
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2179
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1606
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1863